Editing Cast Away (section)

=== Music ===
The film's minimal score was composed and conducted by [[Alan Silvestri]] for which he won a [[Grammy Award]] in 2002. The film's soundtrack is most notable for its lack of score and creature sound effects (such as bird song or insect sounds) while Chuck is on the island, which is intended to reinforce the feeling of isolation.<ref>''Cast Away'' DVD director's commentary</ref> ''Cast Away'' contains no original musical score until Chuck escapes the island. However, there is a Russian choral piece heard near the start of the film that was not composed or even recorded by Silvestri, so it does not appear on the film's soundtrack list. It is a traditional Russian song written by [[Lev Knipper]] called "Oh, My Field" [[Polyushko-polye|("Polyushko, Polye")]] and it is available on various collections of Red Army hymns.

The official soundtrack CD is an [[anthology]] of musical pieces from all the films up to that point that were both directed by Zemeckis and scored by Silvestri. The only track from ''Cast Away'' itself is the theme from the end credits.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cast Away: The Films of Robert Zemeckis and the Music of Alan Silvestri | url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r514838|pure_url=yes}} |website=allmusic |access-date=June 2, 2009}}</ref>

The ''Cast Away'' soundtrack consists of 10 tracks, with performers including [[Elvis Presley]], [[Chuck Berry]], and [[Charles Brown (musician)|Charles Brown]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Cast Away (2000) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162222/soundtrack|access-date=2021-11-18|archive-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125112521/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162222/soundtrack|url-status=live}}</ref>